Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-03-23
PARTED IN ANGER.
An Old Servants Sad Story.

Lady blanche was my lords only
child, and he thought all the world of
her and so did every one else; she was
| like bright fairy in the house, always
full of laugh, and always so happy, said
! the old steward.
The Earl Of Grandon lived then in a
big house, and his nephew, Mr.. Arthur
Woodyille, used often to come down
there to hunt, and he'd stay for weeks
together. 1t was not very long before |
began to see that something more than
the love for hunting brought him SO
often to his uncle's house, and pretty
soon other people began to think as !
did. Any one who saw Lady Blanche
| and Mr.. Woodville together would have
said that they were just made for one
another; and they thought so, too.
| themselves.
Now the young gentleman, though he
was the nephew of an earl, was poor
himself, and as his uncle had plenty OF
sons of his own, it WAS very plain that
he could expect nothing from him. Ali
If he had only been rich, things might
nave Dttu 81 ulueItul HOW.
My lord was not always-just-just
what he is now. He was little wild
in those days, like most young noble
men, and he did not want his only child
to marry poor man; so he and Lady
Blanche had some trouble about Mr..
Woodville.
My lord said that she should dismiss
him, and she declared she never would
and that her father was unjust. Well,
well, maybe he was, just little. But,
then, my lord might have had reasons
that no one knew about. But it did
| seem rather hard to part young couple
who loved each other, just because the
| gentleman was not rich. Lady Blanche
thought it was, anyhow, and so she kept
on being just as kind as ever to Mr..
Wo0dville.
They often role horseback together
and L always went, too. My lord did
not want to offend the earl, who was
his friend, by forbidding his nephew to
come to the Grange, and so he had to
let things so as they were.
One morning Lady Blanche told me
to have her horse and mine ready, as
Mr.. Woodville was coming to ride with
her. l brought the animals round to
the door, and, as Mr.. Woodville had
not come vet tied them and went into
the house. As l passed the drawing
room door l heard my lord and Lady
Blanche talking. My lord was very
angry-I could tell that from his loud
voice-and Lady Blanche was trying to
calm him.
| went out 10 the front again and
waited with the horses, but even there L
could hear my lords passionate tones.
Mr.. WoOlville soon rode up and Lady
Blanche came out, looking very pale
and distressed in spite OF all her efforts
to look gay. My lord came out iii the
hall with her, and heard him say, too
low for Mr.. WoodvIlle to hear:
"Now, mark my words, Blanche; if,
when you come back from this ride you
cannot tell me that you have given
Arthur Woodville his dismissal this
house will no longer be your home. Re
membern'
dropped good way behind them,
as always did, just keeping within call.
| could see that they were talking very
earnestly, and once Mr.. Arthur pointed
to a little chapel Just ahead of them,
but Lady Blanche shook her head. l
misdOubt that he was asking her to
marry him then and there and so ends
my lords opposition. Ahl no one will
ever know what they talked about.
They had Just passed the chapel when
i deer burst from the. woods and sprang
across the road just before them, and
nv lady's hOrse-a wild thing that she
ought never to have mounted-became
perfectly frantic with the sudden fright.
She could not hold him in, and before
Mr.. Woodville could catch the rein he
sprang away down the road at terrible
pace. The young gentleman, his face
as white as a sheet, dashed after, and L
followed full speed.
1t was an awful place for horse to
get frightened, for not half mile
ahead the road comes to sudden stop
on the very brink of cliff with the sea
roaring 2O0 feet below. We all three
of US thought of this, and my lady tried
to turn her horse, but the animal was
mad with fear and minded her no more
than fly. Mr.. Woodville pushed his
own horse forward and just rs the Ara
bian reached the cliff he managed to
pass it and then turned his own horse at
the very end of the road so as to COM
pletely block it up.
On came the Arabian, and instead of
stopping, as we all thought he would,
he came, full speed, right up against
Mr. Woodvilie'S horse! Oh, L shudder
now, when l think of that terrible mo-
mentl Lady Blanche's Arabian was a
powerful animal and the other stagger
ed under the shock.
The next instant L saw both horses,
with their riders, go over the cliff to-
Ietherl How got home to tell the tale
scarcely know. They never found the
bodies-the sea swallowed them up.
was sick nearly to death for month
alter; and when got about again my
lord was like another mankind and
gentle, and nearly heart-broken, just
like he is now. He has never spoken
harsh or angry word 10 any one since.
He parted from Lady Blanche in anger,
and he never forgets that-God bless
him!
Well. they will meet again, and then